Welp cleaned up my MTek 104 and the keys appear to be working now. Defiantly feels different then the rubber domes of a G15 and the tactility/click is nice, but I'm not sure if I like it better yet. I read that you can mod white alps to be linear like the cherry black/red. Is linear any better?

Welp cleaned up my MTek 104 and the keys appear to be working now. Defiantly feels different then the rubber domes of a G15 and the tactility/click is nice, but I'm not sure if I like it better yet. I read that you can mod white alps to be linear like the cherry black/red. Is linear any better?

Depends. Linear is better for gaming, though I wouldn't try and fuck with a complicated ALPS. The clue is in the name.

I'm looking for keyboards that meet the following criteria:
NKRO with PS/2 adapter.
No bloated gaming macro buttons. Enhanced texture for gaming keys is fine.
Either brown or red switches (undecided until I have tried each).
Can easily be acquired in the EU as a standard US layout.
Optional: Extended scancode keys such as calculator, sleep, and volume control buttons.

I really like some of the Ducky keyboards, but they don't seem to be widespread outside of Asia.

I'm looking for keyboards that meet the following criteria:
NKRO with PS/2 adapter.
No bloated gaming macro buttons. Enhanced texture for gaming keys is fine.
Either brown or red switches (undecided until I have tried each).
Can easily be acquired in the EU as a standard US layout.
Optional: Extended scancode keys such as calculator, sleep, and volume control buttons.

I really like some of the Ducky keyboards, but they don't seem to be widespread outside of Asia.

First thought when I saw that was the Zowie Celeritas, but it doesn't have the scancode keys.

Brown or Red... Read the OP
From what I've heard the Das Ultimate Silent (Silenced Brown switches) is the quietest keys.. not entirely sure though.

I have the Das Silent. It probably is really silent if you can type without bottoming out the keys, but I bottom out the keys on pretty much every stroke I make. The main difference is there isn't the slightly softer click when the key activates, like the Blue switches do.

If you want a really silent mechanical you could grab one with Browns and then get the soft-landing pads or dampeners or whatever they're called for each key so you won't be able to bottom them out so easily.

I'm looking for keyboards that meet the following criteria:
NKRO with PS/2 adapter.
No bloated gaming macro buttons. Enhanced texture for gaming keys is fine.
Either brown or red switches (undecided until I have tried each).
Can easily be acquired in the EU as a standard US layout.
Optional: Extended scancode keys such as calculator, sleep, and volume control buttons.

I really like some of the Ducky keyboards, but they don't seem to be widespread outside of Asia.

You can buy daskeyboard keyboards at getdigital.de with US layout, did it myself about a month ago, shipping is like 10 euro within EU.

After a week of using blues I have come to the conclusion that's it's not for me. I tend to rest my fingers on the keys and the blues seem much easier to hit than reds by accident as the key kind of collapses on itself easily. I also still find the windows key kind of tough to press. Back to reds it is for me, maybe I can get my hands on a cheap brown keyboard and try that one out.

Typing on my old rubber dome again (Mums making me sell my Black Widow, Blue switches dont get along with her whens she's trying to watch TV in the same room)
I'm from Australia, if anyone's interested I'll sell it for like, 30 bucks, unless my best friend wants it free. (waiting for him to reply)

Typing on my old rubber dome again (Mums making me sell my Black Widow, Blue switches dont get along with her whens she's trying to watch TV in the same room)
I'm from Australia, if anyone's interested I'll sell it for like, 30 bucks, unless my best friend wants it free. (waiting for him to reply)

I'm looking for keyboards that meet the following criteria:
NKRO with PS/2 adapter.
No bloated gaming macro buttons. Enhanced texture for gaming keys is fine.
Either brown or red switches (undecided until I have tried each).
Can easily be acquired in the EU as a standard US layout.
Optional: Extended scancode keys such as calculator, sleep, and volume control buttons.

I really like some of the Ducky keyboards, but they don't seem to be widespread outside of Asia.

If you have the money, you pretty much can't go wrong with Filco Majestouch-2 Cherry Browns. That keyboard has got to be the most solid keyboard I've ever got my hands on, and the typing experience is just so much better than any other mechanical keyboard I've tried (beats blackwidow's quality hundred to one). They are, afaik, quite well available in Europe, thekeyboardcompany from UK being one of the major suppliers.

Typing on my old rubber dome again (Mums making me sell my Black Widow, Blue switches dont get along with her whens she's trying to watch TV in the same room)
I'm from Australia, if anyone's interested I'll sell it for like, 30 bucks, unless my best friend wants it free. (waiting for him to reply)

Edited:

BW standard, perfect condition like, 3 weeks old.

Your mom is a heartless bastard.

I suggest that you invest in a Das Silent, must be hard to get used to rubber domes again.

Typing on my old rubber dome again (Mums making me sell my Black Widow, Blue switches dont get along with her whens she's trying to watch TV in the same room)
I'm from Australia, if anyone's interested I'll sell it for like, 30 bucks, unless my best friend wants it free. (waiting for him to reply)

I'm really annoyed, I want brown switches, but if I bought a keyboard with brown switches from WASD, they're out of stock and they won't get the switches until around the 25th, which means I won't get the keyboard until much later.

Only alternatives are black, red, or blues, and I'm not sure which is the best for both typing and gaming (I do a lot of both.)

Add another £20 for customs fees aswell Jellyman.
It'd be cheaper to get a Filco and some custom keycaps, better build quality and you can get tenkeyless which you should always do if you don't use the numpad.

Add another £20 for customs fees aswell Jellyman.
It'd be cheaper to get a Filco and some custom keycaps, better build quality too.

Wait, £82 for the keyboard, another £33 for postage, and then an additional £20?

Edit: where could I buy a filco, and custom keycaps? I'm really only looking at WASD because of the convenience with customization.

I also don't see how it'll be cheaper, UK Filco Majestouch-2, Tenkeyless is £114 inc. VAT, custom keycaps for what I want it to look like (would pretty much be replacing all the keys) would make it come to a lot more, wouldn't it?

edit 2: Did the math, it'll be cheaper to get a WASD keyboard than a Filco with custom caps.